HAYWARD — One person is dead and another critically injured after a vehicle struck a tree in Hayward early Sunday morning, authorities said.
Hayward police responded to a single-vehicle collision near the intersection of Winton Avenue and Magna Avenue around 2:15 a.m. Sunday — the city’s 10th fatal crash in 2023.
Officers said the vehicle failed to turn from southbound D Street to westbound Winton Avenue before colliding with a tree, according to a news release.
The 37-year-old female passenger from Richmond was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, a 46-year-old man from Oakland, was transported to a hospital in critical but stable condition.
Police are withholding the victims’ identities while the Alameda County Coroner’s Office notifies next of kin, and additional information about the make and model of the vehicle was not immediately available.
It’s unclear whether drugs and alcohol were involved, or if rainy weather contributed to the collision.
Anyone with information about the crash can contact Hayward Police Department’s traffic bureau at 510-293-7066.
